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Recordist vs Krisp
Krisp: Noise cancellation first, with a bot-free meeting assistant on top.
Krisp is, first, the best-known noise-cancellation app: a virtual microphone and speaker that strip background noise from any call, entirely on your device. On top of that it added an AI Meeting Assistant that records and transcribes calls without a bot and produces summaries and action items.
Recordist is a meeting companion first. It records both channels, transcribes on-device with Whisper, writes notes locally or with your own key, prepares you before calls, and exposes everything to your agents. It does denoise your microphone channel, but it will not replace Krisp as a noise canceller for the people on the other end of the line.
| Feature | Krisp | Recordist |
|---|---|---|
| Joins the call as a bot | No (virtual audio device) | Never (native capture) |
| Where audio is transcribed | On device; notes generated in Krisp's cloud | Your machine, including notes |
| Account required | Yes | No |
| Free tier | Daily minute caps; limited summaries | Unlimited recording and transcription; 14-day Pro trial, then 3 AI notes/month |
| Price | Pro ~$8/mo annual, ~$16 monthly | Free with no time limit; Pro $6/mo or $48/yr; Team $9/user/mo |
| Agent access | None | Local MCP server + A2A agent card |
| Works offline | Noise cancellation and transcription; not notes | Yes, fully |
| Noise cancellation for others on the call | Yes, its core product | Mic denoising for your recording only |
Data as of September 2026; verify on their site. Competitor details come from their published documentation and pricing pages at that time.
The bot
Krisp's meeting assistant is bot-free. Because Krisp already sits between your microphone and your meeting app as a virtual audio device, it can hear both sides of the call without joining it. Nobody in the roster sees Krisp, and consent is your responsibility, as Krisp's documentation states.
Recordist is also bot-free but takes a different route: it reads the operating system's audio-session state and records your mic and system audio through native capture APIs. There is no virtual driver to install and nothing sits in your audio path. Whether that matters depends on how you feel about virtual devices; some people find them fragile, others never notice.
Where the audio goes
Krisp's noise cancellation is on-device, and Krisp has said its transcription runs on-device as well. The summaries and action items, however, are generated in Krisp's cloud from the transcript text, and transcripts and notes are stored in your Krisp account so you can read them on the web. So audio stays local; text does not.
Recordist keeps audio and text local. Notes are generated by the built-in engine on your machine by default. If you prefer a frontier model you paste your own key and the transcript goes directly to that provider, recorded in the Privacy Ledger; there is no Recordist account for it to be stored in.
Price and limits
Krisp's free plan includes a daily allowance of noise cancellation and a capped amount of transcription per day, with a limited number of AI summaries. Pro is about $8 a month billed annually ($16 month to month) with unlimited noise cancellation and transcription; Business adds admin features at a higher per-seat price.
Recordist Free has no daily cap on recording or transcription and includes 14 days of Pro, then 3 AI notes a month. Pro is $6 a month or $48 a year; Team is $9 per user per month. If you need Krisp for noise cancellation and Recordist for notes, the two run side by side without conflict.
Agent access and offline use
Krisp offers integrations with calendars, Slack and some CRMs, and an AI chat over meetings on paid plans. There is no MCP server or agent card; your agents cannot query Krisp meetings directly.
Recordist's gateway gives any MCP client tools like search_meetings and get_transcript against your local data, and an A2A agent card for agent frameworks. Offline, Krisp's noise cancellation keeps working and its transcription does too, but summaries need the cloud; Recordist records, transcribes, searches and summarises with no connection.
When Krisp is the better choice
If your main problem is noise on calls (a barking dog, a café, an open-plan office), Krisp is the answer and Recordist is not trying to be. If you want one app that cleans your audio and takes notes and you are fine with transcripts in a cloud account, Krisp's bundle is convenient. Krisp also supports Windows fully today, where Recordist's Windows version is in early access.
When Recordist is the better choice
If you want the notes, the prep and the agent access with nothing leaving your machine, and no virtual devices in your audio chain, Recordist is the companion for that. Many people run both.
Try Recordist free, with no bot in the call.
The Free plan gives you unlimited recording, transcription, search and Prep Briefs, with no account. The Privacy Ledger starts at zero.
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